Schwei: Davis And Harvey Make Mets History
Ike Davis was just the fourth player in baseball history to account for all three of his team's runs with solo homers in a loss.
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Ike Davis was just the fourth player in baseball history to account for all three of his team's runs with solo homers in a loss.
Jerry Recco's first update of the week filled us in on everything going on in the world of sports and provided plenty of laughter, which has quickly become a Recco staple.
R.A. Dickey rebounded from his first loss in three months to gain his National League-leading 14th win
New York managed nothing at the plate besides three solo shots by Davis and lost for the 14th time in 16 games.
Josh Collmenter pitched six innings and drove in a run during Arizona's six-run second and the Diamondbacks beat the reeling New York Mets 11-5 on Friday night.
Harvey, the Mets' top pick in the 2010 draft, set a franchise record for strikeouts in a debut. He also doubled and singled to become the first pitcher since 1900 to strike out more than 10 and collect a pair of hits in his first game.
Matt Harvey wowed Mets fans in his major league debut by snapping their six-game losing streak, striking out 11 batters.
Matt Harvey dazzled in his major league debut, holding Arizona to three hits and striking out 11 over 5 1-3 innings in the New York Mets' 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Thursday night.
"It is what it is," said manager Terry Collins. "He's going to have to realize there's lots of things that come with pitching in the big leagues, and one of them might be to stop a losing streak."
Jerry Recco began his first update of the morning by rehashing everything that when on during the Yankees 5-2, rubber-game win over the Mariners yesterday afternoon in Seattle.
Losers in their last 12 of 13 games, the New York Mets must get themselves together and pull out of this slump soon for any chance at salvaging the season.
Finally, Matt Harvey has arrived. That's the good news...
Monday night brought yet another loss for Mets fans. But hey, look at the bright side. One of the team's top prospects is about to get his first start, and it sounds like he may be around for awhile.
The Matt Harvey era will begin this Thursday night in Arizona when he starts against the Diamondbacks and Mets fans keep asking me what can be expected of him?
Matt Harvey has been placed to the Mets' taxi squad and will start on Thursday.
In a season with two extra playoff teams and a great deal of parity, virtually every franchise has hope heading into the season's second half. That's why you should care about Tuesday's Midsummer Classic.
The Mets' six-game road trip will be a test of their character and could define their season.
R.A. Dickey nearly went the distance as the Mets defeated the Diamondbacks 3-1 on Sunday.
Johan Santana won for the first time in 20 months, finally getting some run support from his teammates, and the New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak.
Cody Ransom hit a two-run homer and a go-ahead single in the eighth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Mets 5-4 on Friday night, handing New York its fourth straight loss.
The Mets should look very closely at the Diamondbacks when they hit the field this weekend at Citi, because in many ways the Mets may be this year's version of the D-Backs.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Sunday was the second victory in franchise history in which the Mets allowed a pair of game-tying home runs in the eighth inning or later.
All we've heard about the 2012 Mets has been negative, and that's putting it mildly. It's been more like depressing. Enter Rich Coutinho.
Paul Goldschmidt's greatest attribute is his raw power. At 6-foor-3, 245 pounds, he has smacked a combined 73 home runs over his last two professional seasons.
In all my years of covering the Mets, I do not know if I ever met anyone like Santana. He is a confident pitcher who understands his responsibility and embraces it. And nobody wants to get back on the mound more than Johan.
